31/Oct/20 Happy Halloween, but no treats for the old dog

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

If you live in Cape Breton and your looking outside.  What do you see?

Freshly fallen snow is what you see.

The Big Guy is wondering, is it going to be a long drawn out Winter this year.  

The Big Guy was telling me that he plans to make a Beef Pot Pie today.  That way, while Tonya may want to skip out a few times today, she doesn't have to worry about lunch of supper.  It will be all taken care of.

That will leave the Big Guy to take care of trick or treaters.  Normally, he wears a jacket and sits on the front steps to give out the treats.

They got a baby gate and they put it at the top of the front deck.  That way, I can be outside, but I can't get to the kids.  I'm a pretty big dog and I scare a lot of kids because of my size.  But they always want to pat me cause I do look loveable.

So, all those treats that Tonya and the Big Guy gives out.  I'm not supposed to have any of them.  Then again, neither is Tonya and the Big Guy.  But they do taste really good.

What can you do...

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30/Oct/20 give us a scratch, oh yea, right there, right behind the ear

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, if you didn't hear, the Big Guy is a grand father once again.  This is # 10.

Floyd Jaxon Bennett the 4th.

Tonya got to go there and watch him being born.  She really enjoyed that.

Soon enough, they will drop by and I will have yet another child to deal with.

But when the child is little like that, they don't have "real" food.  They get formula.  I'm not allowed to have formula.  I am not even allowed to lick the soother.

Sure are a lot of rules when they have a baby.

But they figure that mother and baby will be home by tomorrow.

In other news.  I heard the weather man say the "F" word.

Flurries

The Big Guy was not happy about that.

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29/Oct/20 she got the Caesar, and I got the celery

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Pretty much anything that Tonya eats, I want to have it to.

Mother bears do that for their cubs.  Anything that mommy bear eats, the cub will come along and investigate.

Turns out, I don't mind the crunch of celery, but I don't want to swallow it.  Tonya had to pick up the chewed up celery and throw it out.

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Soon enough, it's going to be Halloween.  This is where the kids will dress up and go from door to door and people will give them candy, chips and other snacks.

When the Big Guy was in the Navy, they were in Denmark and they were all dressed up for Halloween.  Some folks from the other countries were on board to see what they were doing.  They don't dress up like the folks from Canada or USA.

For two years, when the Big Guy was just a little guy, they had lived in Longueil.  That's a southern suburb of Montreal.

In "English" Canada, you knock on the door and pretty much yell, "Trick or Treat!"

But in Quebec, they would knock on the door and yell, "Halloween!"

Normally during this night, I pretty much loose my mind.  All those people coming to the door.  Oh lordy, I have to raise the alarm (bark my head off) and run from window to window.  It takes a lot out of me.

Then, for only reasons that people from Cape Breton can understand, they set off fireworks.  This normally will happen around 9, after the kids have gone home.  This will last about 2 hours.

The Big Guy doesn't have PTSD or anything like that.  But for those veterans that do, they go through hell when those fireworks are being set off.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his Big Red Ball

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28/Oct/20 did you say you have a treat for me

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday the Big Guy was limping around the house.  He has this "condition".  It's called Gout.  If he eats the wrong stuff, it really aggravates it.  Mostly salads.  He eats salad and he can get a really bad flare up.

Well, he must have got into something or other and he was in pain.

He took one of his "gout pills" and then he went to sleep on the couch.  I could hear him snoring, so I knew that he was for the most part, OK.  But sleep.  He didn't move, except for breathing and snoring.

I would get up and check on him.  Yup, he is still snoring.  Tonya would give a little yell for me to go lay down and not to bother him.

At one point, she stepped away and I went up to him.

I put my nose right up to his face to check his breathing.

Then I snorted in his face.

Of course that woke him up.

But he was sleeping for over two hours.  Normally he will nap for about 20 minutes.  This was really not like him.

He says that he feels a lot better today.  Lets hope he doesn't get into any more stuff that sets him off again.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and Tonya on the couch

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27/Oct/20 I know it's not Valentine's Day, but I still love you

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

So, lately the Big Guy has been complaining about his left knee hurting him.  It happens when the weather changes, for sure.  But lately, this one is a wee different.  Also, once again, when this happens, he tries to think about what he had done to allow the pain to hurt him like that.

The weather man was all doom and gloom for the Big Guy.  Yes, there has been snow in the forecast this season.  I'm not talking about snow from this past Winter, or Spring.  I'm talking about snow that is forecasted this Fall.  Like last night.

I'm from the Bathurst part of New Brunswick.  Well, they were forecasted to get 10 to 15 cm of snow last night.

This is not pleasing to the Big Guy as it means that soon enough, it will be snowing where I currently live.

Mylynne should be having her baby soon.  It's a little boy.  They are saying that they are going to name him "Covidicus Vaccinus".  Of course the Big Guy hopes they are joking about that.

Then again, some of the names that you hear now a days, couldn't be any worst.  People want to be cute.  Or different, or the mash up two names of their favorite people.  That would be like taking Mitch and Tonya and making the first name of Mitya.  Or Tonich.  Yea, not sure that either one of those names would be any better.

I'm glad that I got a nice name, like Max.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog and his snow bank

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26/Oct/20 is that someone at the door, I better bark a lot

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Every time someone comes to the door, I raise the alarm.

If I see a dog walking across the street, I raise the alarm.

Was that a leaf that was blowing in the wind, I raise the alarm.

This is why they got me.  Right?  To raise the alarm...

Funny how that goes.  I raise the alarm and they immediately want me to shut down.

Sorry dumb ass, that isn't how it work.  The alarm goes off and it keeps going off.  It will keep going off until my adrenalin is burned off.

The Big Guy watched some pretty dumb movies yesterday.  Once was, "The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes" and the other was "The Black Hole".  They were both Disney movies.  Now, would I say that they were advanced for their time?  Sure.  But now, with computer animation, they are lame by those standards.

I'm surprised he hasn't watched "Old Yeller" yet.

Boy, talk about dumb TV shows.  There was this one called "Lassie".  What's that Lassie?  Timmy fell down the well?

Yea, if Timmy fell down the well, I'm not so sure that any amount of barking would get the humans to understand that one of their kids fell down a well, or what every dumb thing that little Timmy would get up to each week.

I'm pretty sure that's why parents had harnesses for their kids, way back in the day.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog in the Wing Chair

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25/Oct/20 your going to share, or I will continue to stare at you

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

I had two visitors last night.

Shaun and Brittney.  Man oh man, didn't I get some pats, and rubs, and scratches.

You should have seen the fur that I left on the floor.

The Big Guy had put on Facebook that his Soda Stream machine was kaput.  Brittney had one and she didn't want it any longer.  So she brought it over.  

Well, that was it.  Time for me to take over their visit.

Shaun was amazed at how big my paws are.  But then again, they just got a new puppy, so it's really not fair to compare the puppy paws to my own.

Tonya kept on warning Shaun and Brittney to watch out for their face.  I get excited and I will paw at the air.  If your face is in the way...  someone is going to get a hurt.  Real bad.

The Big Guy's knee has been hurting him for the last few days.

He says that today, it's a lot better.  But he is still walking with a cane.

When I'm in the way, which is often, he doesn't mind pushing me out of the way with that cane.

I will not be biting that cane either.  Friggin thing is made of metal.

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24/Oct/20 come on, you know you want to play tug of war with me

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Tonya left the house for a bit yesterday.  Of course, I'm not that concerned about her hair.  But she was all proud of herself for getting her hair cut and not getting dye job.

She went upstairs to show the Big Guy her new hair doo.  He liked it a lot.  No more dye job.  She also got it cut short too.  She doesn't have to worry about being mistaken for a man.  Nope, her lady bumps give her away.

The last few days, the Halloween blow ups were just laying on the ground.  Tonya went outside and turned them back on again.

But it was windy the last few days.  Now, the winds have calmed down.  So the blow ups are blown up again.

Years past, some kids had told Tonya and the Big Guy that their house was "The Bomb" when they were looking at their Halloween decorations.

Now, they are more like "The Firecracker".  The Big Guy is getting older and putting up the Halloween decorations is a lot more like a chore he wants to avoid, than enjoy putting up.  That is something for younger people.

I think he's finally admitting, he is now, "Older People".

Don't worry, he is still weird about a lot of other stuff.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog is sleeping

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23/Oct/20 is that doggie treats you got on that little table

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday, there is someone named Kathy Stacey asked if would like some of the snow from Calgary.

I had a chat with the Big Guy.  Of course I wanted the snow.  The Big Guy said no.  I tried to bribe him with some of my dog treats.  He said he didn't want any of them.  I offered some kibble.  He said no to that too.  I offered him some water from my bowl.  He just wasn't having any of it.

So far, the Big Guy has won this round.

I'm going to have a heart to heart with Mother Nature and see if I can't get some snow.

Today, doesn't look like a good day for now.  It's +6 right now.  Next few days doesn't look much better.  Rain and +14.

Did you know that the Big Guy buys these bags of salt.

THEN...  he will spread the salt on the stairs and what not to melt the snow and ice.

I just can't win with that guy.

Tonya had a plan to gather up all my poop.  But my pooping area has a lot of leaves coving up the poop.

She put all my poop that she could find in this huge garbage bag.  Then she put it to the curb for the garbage people to take away.

My poop sure is special.

Human poop, not so much.  They sit on this "throne" and it goes away when they press on this lever.

Perhaps they could poop outside like I do.  Then the garbage people will take their poop away too.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog enjoys the love seat with Uncle Terry

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22/Oct/20 this is my creepy Halloween look

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Some time last night, I got over 80,000 hits to my blog.  That's FANTASTIC!  Scroll back up and look at that counter that is just to the left of the screen.  As I'm writing this, 80,049 hits to my blog.

I am humbled by you, my constant readers.

Thank you!

I will do, downward dog for you.

Oh my, that was a good stretch.  Sorry for it being blurry, but it was an action shot.

So, the temperature outside is a bit funky.  Last week, it was hovering around the zero mark and now, it is 16 outside.  But that's due to the hurricane that is off the coast.  It brought the warm weather with it.

The Big Guy feels like this should happen during the months of January and February.  Melt all that snow.

Talking of snow.  I seen in the forecast that New Brunswick is going to be getting snow.  That around the area where I'm originally from.  Up near Campbellton and Bathurst.

Yes, we all know just how much he loves snow.  He says not to get him wrong.  He does love snow, when you just looking at it snow.  But when he has to go outside and shovel it...  That's when he hates the snow.  

So, little snow, love.  Lots of snow, hate.

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Max our Bernese Mountain Dog in the snow at the dog park

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21/Oct/20 I'm not looking at you, I'm playing with my toy

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Occasionally, the Big Guy will have the arthritis in his knee really act up.  At least that is how he describes it.

Today, would be one of those days.  There is a hurricane off the coast of Nova Scotia, called Hurricane Epsilon.

Not only has Hurricane Epsilon played havoc with the Big Guy's knee, they have also played with Tonya's Halloween decorations outside.  She had to unplug them.  The winds were removing the stakes that had been placed in the ground.  The blow ups were falling over.

Tonya went outside, at least twice to fix the blow ups.

Tonya tried to be really sly and tell the Big Guy this.  She really meant for him to go outside and unplug them.

He was having his lunch and acted like he didn't have a care in the world.

I do believe, he thinks, if they get damaged, he will never have to put them back up again.

Ho ho ho my friend.

You don't know Tonya much.  She will just go to Canadian Tire and buy news ones.

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20/Oct/20 exit stage right

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Have you ever noticed that it would seem my pictures of me, are when I'm laying down?

There is a reason for that.  When the Big Guy is trying to take my picture, I'm always moving.  This picture, above, the Big Guy had me in frame and I was laying my mussle on his chest.

Great picture, right?

Tonya spoke and I'm off.

Time to get cuddles from her.

There was this TV series that was on CBC.  It was called "Kim's Convenience".  Tonya and the Big Guy watched all the episodes that were on Netflix.  Now they are all done and they are not sure what series to watch next.

Do any of you watch Big Brother?  Well the Big Guy does.  That show is coming to an end, soon.  Likely within the next two weeks.  That means that Survivor is coming back on TV.

Then, of course, there is Big Brother Canada.  The last season, they had some pretty nasty people on it and they were physically removed from the show.  Then, of course, Covid-19 hit and they ended the show abruptly.

Reality TV.  The Big Guy's father HATED it.  He said it brought out the worst in people.

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19/Oct/20 NO SOUP FOR YOU

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Remember how I was talking about that chicken and biscuit thing that the Big Guy was going to make?  Well he made it.  He didn't put one onion in it.  He put two.  That really means that I wasn't allowed to have any of it.

I was surprised too.  Normally, Tonya always gives in.  But not this time.

They also put up their Halloween blow ups yesterday.  It was a nice day out and they put the baby gate up and I was regulated to the front deck.  Don't worry, I was able to bark at a lot of dogs that we walking by.

Afterwards, they sat outside for a bit.  But the Big Guy got cold, so they went inside.  I was going to suggest to the Big Guy that he put on his heavier jacket.  But once he gets cold, that's it, there is no pleasing him.

The Big Guy was looking in his garage and he isn't happy.  It is being over run with a lot of stuff that should be moved around and stored properly.

He calls that "another day" job.  Which means, he is not going to do that today.

Our next door neighbor has a small dog.  Man oh man, he barks a lot.  But he's just a small dog.

Small dogs seem to bark a lot.  I guess they don't realize, they are a small dog.

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18/Oct/20 I've been waiting to go outside

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Every week, it would seem that the Big Guy is up to something in the kitchen.

Today is going to be no exception.  Today, he plans on making this concoction that he heard about from Tonya.  So, first thing, he has to make a chicken.  He will open it up and cook it spatchcock.  For those of you that never did this, you take an entire chicken and cut down the breast and open it up.  Then you lay it down on the cooking surface.  In this case, it will be a cast iron frying pan.

He will let it cool off and then he will bone the chicken.

He will then make like a chicken pot pie filling, again, all the cast iron.  Then make a biscuit topping.

Nothing too hard about that eh?  BUT, here's the rub.  You know, you just KNOW... he's going to use onions.  That will screw it all up for me.

I can't have onions.

Sure, I can have a biscuit topping.

But it's the inside part that I want.

I wonder how much begging I will have to do to get Tonya to give me some.

She ALWAYS gives in.  Doesn't matter how much "stink eye" the Big Guy gives her.

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17/Oct/20 I found out yesterday, my tail fur, will burn

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Last night, Leo and Bonnie dropped by for a visit.  Well it was such a nice night out, Tonya asked the Big Guy if they could have a bon fire in the back yard.

Of course.

They get it all set up and the fire is burning nicely.

Bonnie and Leo show up and I'm up on the deck in the back yard.

I had to bark and bark and bark to get their attention as they were ignoring me.

But I wanted to be outside with them.  Not up on the back deck.

At one point, Tonya went in for a few drinks.

She decided to let me free.

THUMP THUMP THUMP - down the stairs I went.

I ran right to Bonnie and she started "loving me up".

Swish goes the tail, through the fire.  Swish goes the tail, through the fire in the other direction.  Back and forth, back and forth.

Then, you could smell hair burning.

Yup, it was my tail.

I didn't realize how close my ass was to the fire pit.

Don't worry, I've still got a lot of tail fur left.

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16/Oct/20 there still isn't any snow on the ground

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Yesterday was a bit of an unusual day.  You would think, in the middle of October, that the Big Guy and Tonya should not have been able to go sit outside, without a jacket on.

But they did.

Not for just a few minutes either.  They were both out there for awhile.

Of course, I wear a fur jacket, 24/7.

I rather enjoy the colder weather.

I am pretty much over my Summer molt.  I shed my fur like crazy during the seasonal changes.

I just looked it up and it would seem that today, is going to be, what Tonya says, "A nice day" outside.

I don't believe she is talking about a snow storm that's on the way.

It doesn't even have to be a storm.

Just light snow.  Just enough to make things White on the ground.  The air would be crisp and I would just lay outside for hours and hours.

Now, the Big Guy would much rather see this, than enjoy this.  He doesn't mind a little bit of snow.  Just when he has to get out the shovel.  That's when he hates snow.

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15/Oct/20 be a dear and dash out to the kitchen and get me a treat

 

Good morning world.

Maximus Handsomius here from my forever home, in Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Do you see that love seat that I'm lounging on?

Yesterday, the Big Guy came down stairs from work.  Tonya had a sandwich and a glass of milk ready for him.

At one point, I decided, what the hell, I would jump up on the love seat and sit next to him.

He might have a weak moment and share some of his sandwich.

BTW, he didn't.

However, what he did do surprised the shit out of me.

He put his arm up on the back of the love seat.

I thought he wanted me to get closer for a scratch.

Then, he COUGHED right in my face!  HACK!

Tonya burst out laughing as she said that I had such a look of astonishment on my face.

I was not pleased.

I left the love seat and went for snuggles with Tonya.

Frickin weirdo.  It wasn't funny

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